Ruth Ann Nordin

Like many modern authors, Ruth Ann Nordin is an indie author and self-publishes almost all her works. Initially, she thought she would become a traditionally published author since most people in her writing group believed it was the only legitimate way to make one’s name as a fiction author. But there is a situation and while nothing happened, the actions of her sister and her father result in a nasty scandal.

The best place to start is the Queens of Raz series, the earliest of Ruth Ann Nordin's multi-book series: it opens with Ann's Quest to Be Queen (2003) and runs to 4 books across 2003–2006, ending with The Queen and Atlantis (2006). Ruth Ann Nordin's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Ruth Ann Nordin has 129 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2002 and 2026. 112 of them belong to 30 named series — the largest being the Nebraska series with 10 books — and 17 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Ruth Ann Nordin's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Queens of Raz (2003–2006, 4 books), Virginia (2008–2010, 4 books) and Nebraska (2009–2019, 10 books), plus 27 more.

This guide splits Ruth Ann Nordin's 129 books into 30 named series and 17 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Nebraska (10 books, 2009–2019); Marriage by Scandal / Marriage by Design (7 books, 2012–2021); Marriage by Fairytale (5 books, 2018–2020); Marriage by Fate (5 books, 2017–2019); Marriage by Obligation (5 books, 2023–2024), plus 25 further series.